Ahmedabad: Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad has recorded 15 bird strike incidents in the first half of 2026 (Jan-June) compared to 70 across the whole of 2025. Airport authorities attribute the low bird-hit incidents to a sustained and systematic monsoon preparedness drive carried out in the months leading up to the rainy season.The…
Ahmedabad: Gujarat High Court has granted conditional bail to a 22-year-old, who was arrested in Jan along with others, on charges of killing a peacock, the national bird.A complaint was registered under the Wildlife (Protection) Act against Rohit Jakhaniya and others with the Jasadhar forest range office in Gir Somnath district.According to the prosecution, Jakhaniya…
Each unit of fake plasma was sold for Rs 5,000, said police Gandhinagar: In the wake of the fake plasma case, the Gujarat govt has ordered district authorities to intensify monitoring of blood banks, plasma collection centres and related healthcare units across the state.Minister of state for health, Praful Pansheriya, on Wednesday said surveillance and…
Ahmedabad: Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) submitted a representation to the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), seeking relief for small and medium taxpayers from what it described as onerous compliance requirements relating to electronic maintenance of books of account, under the new Income Tax Act.The chamber has urged the tax authority to…
Ahmedabad: A traffic jam outside Ahmedabad railway station ended with a man in handcuffs. The man allegedly posed as an IPS officer, threatened railway police personnel and assaulted a constable during a confrontation outside Ahmedabad railway station.A day later, railway police arrested him and booked him under multiple sections of the BNS.The incident occurred on…
Ahmedabad: Gujarat High Court has quashed a Vadodara family court’s order for criminal prosecution against a couple who are seeking divorce after their marriage registration, even though the marriage rituals were not performed and the betrothal ceremony was allegedly passed off as marriage.The registration took place to help a Vadodara woman move to United Kingdom…
Gandhinagar: Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) on Wednesday published a report showing two Rajya Sabha members from Gujarat are crorepatis.The report also says that one member has two criminal cases.An ADR statement said the two crorepati Rajya Sabha members are Babubhai Desai, who has assets worth Rs 34.7 crore; and Govindbhai Dholakia, who has assets…
Ahmedabad: Five men from Rajasthan were arrested after police busted an alleged online betting and financial fraud operation being run from a rented house in Naranpura.Police believe the accused were acting as local operators for the controversial ‘Reddy Anna’ betting platform, managing customer registrations, handling deposits and withdrawals, and routing money through a network of…
Ahmedabad: Southwest monsoon has arrived in Gujarat, about a week behind its usual June 15 onset date.Conditions, however, are favourable for the monsoon’s progress in the state over the next two to three days, said Met department officials.Gujarat currently has two weather systems in the form of troughs, one from the southeastern Rajasthan to the…
Ahmedabad: A complaint has been filed with Bodakdev police against the directors and staff of a visa consultancy firm in Thaltej for allegedly cheating a man seeking a Canadian work permit.According to the FIR registered on Tuesday, the complainant approached the consultancy in July 2024 after seeing its Instagram advertisements offering overseas job opportunities. During…
